August 19, 2018

Dirt and Seed: Wayside

The parable of the sower and the seed is an interesting story. Jesus begins teaching His disciples that not everyone who hears the word responds well to it. But he goes on to show that many do respond to it in a very good way but they do not last.

​My thoughts on this is about salvation. Is it that they have no lasting salvation? Is it that they have simply no lasting holiness? Or is it something else? I tend to think that the fruit of the word is available to all who hear it but if we are not prepared for the word to germinate, sprout, grow and ripen, then we will never get the fruit of it. Jesus was showing us that the word itself is good. It will do what it is intended to do. It is not the weak link in the scenario. The soil condition is the issue. Is it ready for the word or is it hard and unable to receive, is it already producing weeds that have no room for another plant, is it shallow with no real soil and simply cannot produce a lasting result? You have to hand it to Jesus. He simply doesn’t mix words.